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I read a great analogy around COVID-19, which painted a picture of us all being in the same ‘storm’ but in different places within that storm.  It rang much truer than the “we’re all in this together” statements.  Some are safely sheltering from the storm but perhaps...

We are thinking about all the organisations we work with… and the difficult decisions that are having to be made.  How do you tell your vulnerable clients that they can’t come to the groups that are their lifelines?  How do you explain the situation without scaring...

Funders are great… they enable some fantastic work to take place.  But there seems to have been a trend in recent years of key funders changing their criteria, their focus or their approach.  We appreciate that with austerity and with decreasing incomes for many that...

Am I alone in being increasingly irritated by people who refer to charities they have helped set up as “my charity”? This turn of phrase seems rather self promoting to me. Look what a good hearted, philanthropic and wonderful person I am; I don’t just give to charity...

I have just picked up a bulletin promoting a series of workshops “designed specifically for small to medium-sized charities around the country” Guess where these events are being held. Maybe you are thinking one or two in each region? Or perhaps in areas which are...

I was looking at buying Christmas present socks at the weekend… so I thought I would check out ‘charity’ socks. They look great. But they are quite expensive. It got me thinking about giving and feeling good about it. I bought some other socks, and will give a...

The need for really good communication with people outside an organisation is obvious. It’s clearly horses for courses but members, users, funders, commissioners, other agencies and the wider community need to be kept informed and engaged – for all sorts of reasons....